Leave some photons for us :-(

[erick (Eric)]

Imagine if these three guys set up next to you on the observing field!
These aren't "light buckets" more like "light rainwater tanks"!

http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1100.htm

http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1070.htm

http://wonderfuluniverse.com/telescope_main.htm

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Boy, one misstep off of one of those ladders would really ruin your night's viewing!

It's a long way doooooooooooooowwwn!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

With open tube designs, I wonder how they go with dew on the primary? Rain water tanks might be an accurate description.

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

They're just compensating for something...

[silv (Annette)]

yup Brian
and:

"Must be the cloudy weather in Western Europe that gives amateur astronomers plenty of time to dream away..." (quoted from 2nd link to image)
that - and the light pollution screaming for more aperture :p

[mishku]

Gosh, Erick, isn't this precisely the sort of thing you normally bring to SV??

[g__day (Matthew)]

Originally Posted by Shano592

Boy, one misstep off of one of those ladders would really ruin your night's viewing!

It's a long way doooooooooooooowwwn!

First OTA sold with an optional parachute!